"We all need stories in order to live. Create a story. Tell a story." ~ Guillaume Wolf (You Are a Circle) ...
Midlife Mashup
5 Gluten Free Dishes
Recently (weeks? months?) the MyFitnessPal app I use to track my food inputs and energy outputs has started including in-house blog posts on the home screen. I was initially nonplussed, especially because I usually use my phone and the interface is already crammed with information. But last Thursday this post caught my attention: a dozen enticing recipes for gluten free dinners, all ostensibly ...
Theme Thoughts
[pullquote]No contrivances. Lots of empty. Lots of blank... A digital studio for analog content. A subtle stage for unsubtle acts.[/pullquote] 40x41 is presently profiting plenty from the 'press prowess of Caroline Moore. She's a WordPress themer who who seems to favor creative, whimsical, relatively simple (in the sense of unnecessarily cluttered) user interfaces. I fumbled upon Spun a while ...
Stripes
I'm keen on dots, spots, paisleys. No, I'm wild about paisley! And stripes? Since I was peach lipped lad I gravitated toward stripes. Shirts. Ties. Trousers. Socks. Swim trunks. And when it comes to doodling, stripes are my go-to stroke, lowest common denominator, my unconscious twitch... Stripes appear when my pen drifts sans brain technique. Stripes are visual texture. Visual stretcher. An ...
Tea Bag Truism
Dumpster diving for new goals and a clean slate. It's paramount to create from decay and erosion. From margins to mainstream, mind over mattress. Incentives are paramount. Stay tuned... ...
Windmill
Before the horizon was sentried with white gel-coated wind turbines, these wood and steel wizards alchemized wind into water. Oases emerged, homesteads sprouted, cattle prospered. Many still whirl or grind in the wind, but others resist, strain and groan. And lean. Paddles vanish. Bolts sheer. Weathered letters fade beneath rust. I am drawn to old windmills as much for their stark silhouettes as ...